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. >> woodruff: margaret warner updates health care reform law, as the new benefits for women kick in today. >> ifill: and we remember the prolific and provocative man of letters author gore vidal. >> i would apologize if it hurts your feelings, of course i would. >> no, it hurts my sense of intellectual pollution >> well, i must say, as an expert you should know about it. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the tea party had a new champion today and texas republicans had their nominee for the u.s. senate. the results in tuesday's runoff sent a shock wave through republican ranks nationwide. >> when we started, they said this was impossible. we were at 2% in the polls. >> woodruff: but last night, former
. >> woodruff: margaret warner updates health care reform law, as the new benefits for women kick in today. >> ifill: and we remember the prolific and provocative man of letters author gore vidal. >> i would apologize if it hurts your feelings, of course i would. >> no, it hurts my sense of intellectual pollution >> well, i must say, as an expert you should know about it. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs...
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but the health care law itself is complicated. the result i think was sad and i think chief justice roberts' argument on the tax is contrived disingenuous, i think those who said he's rewriting instead of interpreting are correct but he stretched it and that's how he came out. >> suarez: karen ignagni are we done? can your members who are insurers start working under the new rule book knowing where things are going to be now? next year? the year after? >> well, they're already working. we've been working for a year and a half in terms of taking on the implementation that's required under the legislation. >> suarez: but do you have certainty now? >> we have certainty about universal coverage, people being in the pool. the whole objective here to make sure that this can be economic, can be sustained and can be an insurance system rather than sickness fund is to have the younger and healthier people in which is why, ray, we have to now... now that we have that certainty about how the coverage provision will work, we have to turn our
but the health care law itself is complicated. the result i think was sad and i think chief justice roberts' argument on the tax is contrived disingenuous, i think those who said he's rewriting instead of interpreting are correct but he stretched it and that's how he came out. >> suarez: karen ignagni are we done? can your members who are insurers start working under the new rule book knowing where things are going to be now? next year? the year after? >> well, they're already...
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sonogram laws are... in 22 states have passed because the american people think this is common sense thingse n all age on no matter what yo opinion on abortion is, is informed consent, parental consent, these are things the american people agree on. >> woodruff: nancy keenan, if this is the result of individuals elected in the state legislature and they're doing what they believe, it's the political process. >> it is. and elections matter and i think you're going to see that as we head into 2012, whether it's the presidential and the difference in having somebody like president obama who believes in the freedom and privacy of a woman's right to choose and... or these legislators at the state level who also have an agenda here, to put barriers in frontf women, to deny them, deny them, the privacy of their doctor relationship in choosing a legal abortion in this country. and it's wrong. >> i can't understand why when you see situations where women have died at the hands of abortionists in this country that
sonogram laws are... in 22 states have passed because the american people think this is common sense thingse n all age on no matter what yo opinion on abortion is, is informed consent, parental consent, these are things the american people agree on. >> woodruff: nancy keenan, if this is the result of individuals elected in the state legislature and they're doing what they believe, it's the political process. >> it is. and elections matter and i think you're going to see that as we...
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and, of course, it depends on the laws of the state as to what kind of documentation is required and i'm sure, like in arizona, some states will be looking at this program and deciding whether or not they want to allow people who participate in this program and get a work permit to get a driver's license as well. >> woodruff: so the young people you talked to all of them were able to apply yesterday at least what about... we heard the young man in the video report saying he wasn't able to sign up right now but there will be other workshops. is that how it goes going forward from here? >> what's going to happen is yesterday was the first day you could apply for this program. anyone can apply. you can download the forms from the homeland security web site and mail them in and what organizations have done is they've made lawyers available over the next several months to do a consultation with someone before they send in their paperwork to make sure they have the right documentation and that they aren't putting up red flags that might get them deported in the end. >> woodruff: so they ca
and, of course, it depends on the laws of the state as to what kind of documentation is required and i'm sure, like in arizona, some states will be looking at this program and deciding whether or not they want to allow people who participate in this program and get a work permit to get a driver's license as well. >> woodruff: so the young people you talked to all of them were able to apply yesterday at least what about... we heard the young man in the video report saying he wasn't able to...
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i read him the law. there's no lack of clarity about the law. you've got to be reducing risk with these trades. that is not what they were doing. >> senator corker, if the argument that i think you're making is that there's a limit to how much more regulation there should be, it's better to err on the side of less regulation, what's to stop.... >> no, i wasn't making that argument. what i was saying is that-- and i think the senator would agree-- is that as the rule has come through, there have been some questions about what it actually means. i think he and senator murkly have weighed in. i think there's a lot of weighing in that's taking place with the controller of the currency right now. i think that's impacted things. i'm not saying less regulation. what i'm saying is i think the first thing we need to do, let's understand what's happened fully with this transaction and then let's see if there are policies in place right now that would have mitigated this if it was proprietary trading. and if not, what is it that we should do? no, i'm an op
i read him the law. there's no lack of clarity about the law. you've got to be reducing risk with these trades. that is not what they were doing. >> senator corker, if the argument that i think you're making is that there's a limit to how much more regulation there should be, it's better to err on the side of less regulation, what's to stop.... >> no, i wasn't making that argument. what i was saying is that-- and i think the senator would agree-- is that as the rule has come...
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the law was passed. there was a confidence on the part of the administration and the white house that once people became aware of the change, and people like ken cuchinelli, the attorney general of virginia, and their challenges were dismissed, treated with some disdain. and you could see this grow to the point where it's not only it possible, it maybe plausible that this law will be overturned if not in its entirety, in part. >> woodruff: did you hear the justices reciting tea party lines? >> sometimes. i ran into some judges this week who said it went on too long. there was no reason for it to go on three full days-- not full days but three days. and on the fringes, it's true, there were some political statements made. there were some comments -- inaccurate comments in summary of the bill. that was there, no question. but at the core there was some core issue, does the government-- we all know if you enter into a relationship, the government has the power to regulate it. does the government have the po
the law was passed. there was a confidence on the part of the administration and the white house that once people became aware of the change, and people like ken cuchinelli, the attorney general of virginia, and their challenges were dismissed, treated with some disdain. and you could see this grow to the point where it's not only it possible, it maybe plausible that this law will be overturned if not in its entirety, in part. >> woodruff: did you hear the justices reciting tea party...
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did you find anybody in violation of that law? >> we did not go the distance of evaluating whether there were law violations. that often involves contacting the companies. what we tried to do with this survey is look at a broad swath of industry. 400apps to see what the trends were among those apps so we made findings based on the survey but we didn't make determinations whether there was a law violation. >> suarez: morgan reed, are the companies that develop these applications cleghting information about the people who use them? >> the vast majority of the mobile apps for kids in particular are not actually collecting information on kids nd keepingt and storing it. oftentimes this is actually one of the biggest problems we have is the kind of information we may be collecting. you heard in the earlier segment the talk about the unique identifier. we may be using an identifier and no longer a unique one but an apps-specific identifier to make sure we know what the child likes about an app so we can improve it or if the child has re
did you find anybody in violation of that law? >> we did not go the distance of evaluating whether there were law violations. that often involves contacting the companies. what we tried to do with this survey is look at a broad swath of industry. 400apps to see what the trends were among those apps so we made findings based on the survey but we didn't make determinations whether there was a law violation. >> suarez: morgan reed, are the companies that develop these applications...
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laws. as you know the justice department has filed a number of suits in states that have enactd voter identification laws. >> brown: all right. now, when we last talkd, things ended with tension, with questions about the role of the chief justice, whether somehow he had switchd to becoming, you know, somehow closer to center. whether he might be the deciding vote on a lot of different cases. how much of that... you were able to talk to a couple of just titions over the summer. some of them have been appearing on television occasionally. how much of that seems to linger on. >> i can tell you from at least opening day today that there didn't appear to be any lingering tensions. this was a court atas businesss usual. but also i can tell you just from personal experience, i remember bush v. gore and the after math of that decision. there was a lot of bitterness and anger. yet the court moved very quickly into doing business. under roberts court the high point i think for the emotion and anger w
laws. as you know the justice department has filed a number of suits in states that have enactd voter identification laws. >> brown: all right. now, when we last talkd, things ended with tension, with questions about the role of the chief justice, whether somehow he had switchd to becoming, you know, somehow closer to center. whether he might be the deciding vote on a lot of different cases. how much of that... you were able to talk to a couple of just titions over the summer. some of...
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textualists, none of them is taught in law school. this particular canon looks in this direction, another canon they look in the other direction and the trick for a judge is to see where the balance lies. it's like a murder mystery. there are clues pointing one way pointing another way, which clues are the most persuasive. that's what the canons are all about. >> warner: when you call yourself a textualist, that's not president same thing as the popular notion or term that many lay people know which is strict constructionist. can you explain that? >> oh, yes. i have never been a strict constructionist and advise no one to be a strict constructionist. strict constructionism giv a bad name text you wallism. for example, if you were to interpret the first amendment strictly you would come to the conclusion that congress can sensor hand-written letters because it says congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press. a handwritten letter is not press, not speech, so congress can... of course not. that's not what
textualists, none of them is taught in law school. this particular canon looks in this direction, another canon they look in the other direction and the trick for a judge is to see where the balance lies. it's like a murder mystery. there are clues pointing one way pointing another way, which clues are the most persuasive. that's what the canons are all about. >> warner: when you call yourself a textualist, that's not president same thing as the popular notion or term that many lay people...
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my question about the health care law was, how is it going to get funded? how are they going to pay for people who don't add insurance. >> suarez: adding millions of new people to coverage, where is the money coming from? >> we have to keep in mind that even uninsured people get two-thirds as much health care as people who are insured. a lot of medical care is being provided and paid for in many states in various ways. right now what we do is kind of channel lots of indirect payments to hospitals and others to pay for this coverage. what we'll start doing under the new plan is paying for that more directly. so how do we come up with that more-direct funding? roughly speaking, it's a trillion dollars or so over a ten of year period. we do that in two ways. one of which is we raise some new monies. we've imposed taxes in the law on health insurers, on pharmaceutical manufacturers, on device manufacturers. the entities that will actually benefit because as more people are covered, they will probably use more of all of those products. so those industries have a
my question about the health care law was, how is it going to get funded? how are they going to pay for people who don't add insurance. >> suarez: adding millions of new people to coverage, where is the money coming from? >> we have to keep in mind that even uninsured people get two-thirds as much health care as people who are insured. a lot of medical care is being provided and paid for in many states in various ways. right now what we do is kind of channel lots of indirect...
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. >> she is supposed to enforce the law. if she doesn't have enough money, she should go and ask congress for more. it's as simple as that. whenever we've had a need for a national security or public safety issue, congress has always followed the recommendations of the white house regardless of who is in control, giving them the resources to keep america safe and to enforce our laws. >> brown: now let me ask you about the politics of this on your side. we heard in our settup piece mitt romney say that he wants a longer-term solution. when reporters asked him whether he would overturn this specifically, he didn't respond. you have governor rubbio who has talked about trying to do something sort of like this, not quite in the same way. are you looking for stronger statements from republican leaders? >> no, i'm happy with the statements republican leaders have made. i just remind everybody that seven years ago when i was chairman of the judiciary committee, i introduced a bill and the house passed it and the senate killed it th
. >> she is supposed to enforce the law. if she doesn't have enough money, she should go and ask congress for more. it's as simple as that. whenever we've had a need for a national security or public safety issue, congress has always followed the recommendations of the white house regardless of who is in control, giving them the resources to keep america safe and to enforce our laws. >> brown: now let me ask you about the politics of this on your side. we heard in our settup piece...
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, law of the land or is it law, that's the bottom line. >> carla lowe is citizens against legalization of marijuana. a lobbying group based in sacramento. pot is unsafe and ineffective. not a -- an 'digtive, dangerous drug. >> not a medicine. always been a joke, a cruel hoax, always has been, always will be. f.d.a. will never approved it for any product to be deemed a medicine. >> with the recent legalization of medical marijuana in washington and colorado national leaders are re-examining pot policies. the justice department soon expected to issue a response which now allow adults 21 and old tore possess up to one ounce legally. on capitol hill, senate judiciary chairman patrick leahy called for congressional hearings on the issue and for his part, president obama told abc's barbara walters that the federal government has bigger fish to try than to go after pot smokers. >> it does not make sense from a prior othertization point of view to focus on recreational drug users in a state that has already said that under state law that's legal. >> while marijuana users in those states may be
, law of the land or is it law, that's the bottom line. >> carla lowe is citizens against legalization of marijuana. a lobbying group based in sacramento. pot is unsafe and ineffective. not a -- an 'digtive, dangerous drug. >> not a medicine. always been a joke, a cruel hoax, always has been, always will be. f.d.a. will never approved it for any product to be deemed a medicine. >> with the recent legalization of medical marijuana in washington and colorado national leaders are...